Feed-rack



(No Model.)

T. HENDRICK.

FEED RAGK.

No. 247,346. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

' I INVEN R 4 L ATTORNEYS UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS HENDRIGK, OF BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY.

FEED-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,346, dated September 20, 1881.

Application filed June 18, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

1% it known that I, THOMAS HENDRICK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Bowling Green, in the county of WV-arren and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Feed-Racks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

The figure of the drawing is a representation of a perspective view of my invention.

Thisinvention has relation to feeding-racks and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying drawing, the letter A designates the ground bars or runners on which the rack is supported. In these runners, near their ends, are cut. the dovetail notches a, whereby the runners are connected to the dovetail ends 12 of the transverse bars 13, being set up against the shoulders c of said transverse bars so as to insure firm bearing and parallel position. The transverse bars B are provided with draft-staples d or eyebolts for the attachment of a whiffletree.

C O designate the cross-bars which form the ends of the rack-frame. The lower ends of these bars are secured to the transverse bars B, and above said bars, at about the proper height for feeding, said bars are halved into each other, as shown at 6. Below this crossing the bars 0 0 therefore form the supporting-legs of the rack, and above it they extend upward,f0rming the end bars of the rack, said supporting-legs and end bars being inclined laterally, as shown in the drawing.

D represents the longitudinal center bar, extending from end to end of the rack between the crossings e, and to this center bar the cross-bars G O are firmly secured. Perforations are made in the center bar, on each side of its upper portion, to receive the lower ends (No model.)

of the rack-sticks E, the upper ends of which are inserted in perforations made in the longitudinal cap or framing bars F, which are notched at their ends to receive the notched ends of the transverse cap-bars G. Cross racksticks H are arranged at the ends of the rack, their upper and lower ends being inserted in perforations made respectively in the transverse cap-bars G, and in the cross bars (3.

K K-indicate the feeding-boxes, which extend on each side the full length of the rack. These feeding-boxes are made with upwardly and outwardly inclined sides g, whereof the angle of inclination is about equal to that of the cross-bars G O, which form bearings for the ends of said feeding-boxes, as indicated at h, these bearin gs being below the crossings e of said bars. In order to insure a firm engagement, the bearings h are provided with studs or projections k, which'are designed to engage perforations l in the sides of the boxes. Fastening-hooks m are pivoted to the crossbars, and engage the staples n on the ends of the boxes centrally, so the latter are detachable.

L L indicate attachment-links, which are connected to the ends of the transverse bars B, and serve as means for securing the rack in stationary position, suitable stakes being driven through said links into the ground.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The feed-boxes K K, having the inclined walls 9, perforated at l, and the loops n, in combination with the inclined frames having the bearing-studs It; and hooks m, whereby the boxes are held in place and are detachable from the frame, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS HENDRIOK.

Attest:

J. J. SMITH, JAMES E. SIMS. 

